Powerscourt House , Powerscourt Demesne , Enniskerry — planning application WICKLOW 181289

What’s proposed

refurbishment of existing staff accommodation and change of use to climate change exhibition adjacent to existing Cool Planet Experience, refurbishment and change of use of existing stables and carriage house to office space, reroofing and refurbishment of existing garden sheds and open yard adjacent to existing estate offices and change of use to office space, foul drainage will be connected to existing public sewer, surface water will be collected and discharged to existing lake for reuse in the existing Powerscourt Gardens. Parking will be provided for the proposed development within the existing Powerscourt House facilities (protected structure)

181289 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for refurbishment of existing staff accommodation and change of use to climate change, received on 16 Nov 2018; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference: 181289
Local authority: Wicklow County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received: 16 Nov 2018
Observations close: 21 Dec 2018 (closed 2840 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: refurbishment of existing staff accommodation and change of use to climate change exhibition adjacent to existing Cool Planet Experience, refurbishment and change of use of existing stables and carriage house to office space, reroofing and refurbishment of existing garden sheds and open yard adjacent to existing estate offices and change of use to office space, foul drainage will be connected to existing public sewer, surface water will be collected and discharged to existing lake for reuse in the existing Powerscourt Gardens. Parking will be provided for the proposed development within the existing Powerscourt House facilities (protected structure)
As published by the register.
Site area: 1,856 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 153970). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181289/0.

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Powerscourt House, Powerscourt Demesne, Enniskerry

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Powerscourt House, Powerscourt Demesne, Enniskerry

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